(Updated at 2:53 p.m.) KAUFMAN, Texas — The wife of a former North Texas judge was charged with capital murder after confessing to her involvement in the three shooting deaths of the local district attorney, his wife and an assistant prosecutor, authorities said Wednesday.

Kim Williams was arrested early Wednesday, a day after she told investigators that she and her husband, Eric Williams, were involved in the shootings of the Kaufman County district attorney, his wife and one of his prosecutors, according to documents in the case.

The affidavit says Kim Lene Williams “described in detail her role along with that of her husband” but was unclear on who she said committed the shooting.

Kaufman County District Attorney Mike McLelland and assistant prosecutor Mark Hasse prosecuted Eric Williams last year for theft of three computer monitors. Wiliams was convicted and sentenced to probation. He also lost his elected position as justice of the peace — a judge who handles mostly administrative duties — and his law license.

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McLelland and his wife, Cynthia, were found dead March 30, two months after Hasse was slain.

The officer who signed the affidavit, Kaufman County Sheriff’s Sgt. Matt Woodall, said he had learned from other officers and county employees that Hasse and Mike McLelland both believed Williams blamed them for the loss of his job and carried handguns after the trial because they thought he was “a threat to their personal safety.”

Kim Williams was being held on $10 million bond at the Kaufman County Jail, sheriff’s spokesman Lt. Justin Lewis said. He declined to answer questions about the investigation but said families of the victims would be briefed on the case.

Eric Williams was arrested Saturday and charged with making terroristic threats. A probable cause affidavit says the ex-judge sent an email one day after the McLellands’ bodies were discovered implying there would be another attack if authorities didn’t respond to various demands.

A law enforcement official previously said authorities were trying to build a case against him in the prosecutors’ slayings while he remains jailed on a $3 million bond. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the ongoing investigation.

The official said ballistics experts were testing at least 20 weapons found in a storage locker under Eric Williams’ name at a facility near Dallas. A Ford Crown Victoria similar to one recorded in the McLellands’ neighborhood around the time the couple was killed was parked at the storage facility, the official said.

Jail records did not list an attorney for Kim Williams. A message left with her husband’s attorney was not immediately returned Wednesday.

Williams has said that after the McLellands’ deaths and after Hasse was gunned down Jan. 31 near the county courthouse, he submitted to gunshot residue tests and turned over his cellphone.

Two other people have been arrested for making terroristic threats during the investigation into the slayings, but authorities said they had no connection to the deaths.

Williams has appealed his theft conviction, and a day before the McLellands’ bodies were found, a state appeals court in Dallas agreed to hear oral arguments in the case.

During closing arguments at Williams’ trial, the prosecutors presented testimony indicating he had made death threats against a former girlfriend and a local attorney.

“The good old boy network is gone,” McLelland said at the time.

In the sentencing phase, Kim Williams testified in her husband’s defense. She said she suffers from several illnesses, including rheumatoid arthritis and chronic fatigue syndrome. She said her husband was her sole caregiver as well as the caregiver for her two ailing parents.

“Eric is a loving man,” she testified. “He wouldn’t do anything to hurt anybody. I’m standing by him 100 percent.”

(Updated at 11:39 a.m.) KAUFMAN, Texas — The wife of a former judge was charged Wednesday with capital murder in connection with the slayings of a North Texas district attorney, his wife and an assistant district attorney, a law enforcement official said.

The overnight arrest of Kim Lene Williams is the latest twist in an investigation that had narrowed on her husband.

Jail records did not yet list a charge, but a law enforcement official with knowledge of the investigation told The Associated Press that Williams was arrested and charged with capital murder. The official said Williams was being held on a $10 million bond at Kaufman County Jail.

The official spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the ongoing investigation into the deaths of Kaufman County Assistant District Attorney Mark Hasse in January and District Attorney Mike McLelland and his wife last month.

The official did not describe the evidence against Williams.

McLelland and Hasse prosecuted Williams’ husband, Eric Lyle Williams, last year in the theft of three computers. A jury found Williams guilty and he was stripped of his law license and lost his elected position as justice of the peace.

Eric Williams was arrested Saturday and charged with making terroristic threats. The law enforcement official has said authorities were trying to build a case against him in the prosecutors’ slayings while he remains jailed on a $3 million bond.

A probable cause affidavit says the ex-judge sent an email one day after the McLellands’ bodies were discovered March 30 implying there would be another attack if authorities didn’t respond to various demands. The email was sent from his personal computer.

Jail records did not list an attorney for his Kim Williams. A message left with her husband’s attorney was not immediately returned Wednesday morning.

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KAUFMAN, Texas — North Texas authorities have arrested the wife of a former justice of the peace who was charged with making a terroristic threat in connection with the shooting deaths of a district attorney and his wife.

Kim Lene Williams was arrested early Wednesday. Online jail records do not list charges against her and efforts to reach Kaufman County Sheriff David Byrnes, county Judge Bruce Wood and others were not successful.

A law enforcement official has said authorities are trying to build a case against her husband, Eric Lyle Williams, in the deaths of Kaufman County District Attorney Mike McLelland and his wife, Cynthia, whose bodies were found at their home March 30.

A probable cause affidavit says Eric Williams sent an email, one day after the McLellands’ bodies were discovered, implying there would be another attack if authorities didn’t respond to various demands. The email was sent from Eric Williams’ personal computer. Authorities arrested him on Saturday and charged him with making a terroristic threat.

He was being held on $3 million bond on that charge.

Williams lost his elected position as justice of the peace after he was convicted of stealing three computer monitors from an office. McLelland and Assistant District Attorney Mark Hasse — who was shot and killed in an apparent ambush outside a courthouse in January — prosecuted that case.

During closing arguments, the prosecutors presented testimony indicating that Williams had made death threats against a former girlfriend and a local attorney.

A jury found Williams guilty; he received two years’ probation and lost his law license and position as justice of the peace.